I thought everything was going well yesterday, until I finished basting around the quilt and stitching in the ditch between the body and the border. THEN, while feeling stitches underneath, I discovered a BIG 'bubble' of backing fabric. ARGHHH!! Doing the stitching in the ditch between the body and the border and quilting the borders before the center/body of the quilt might work for others, but it definitely hasn't been working for me. I called Colette to 'pick her brain' to see if there was something I didn't do that I should have; she's not a fan of the basting & stitching in the ditch around the inner border before starting on the center either.
I spent about an hour and a half last night ripping out basting stitches and removing the stitching in the ditches across the bottom and about 3/4 of the way up each side. Checked and double checked - the 'bubble' is gone.... I do have a backing & batting border that is no longer straight ( see first pic) and have no idea why, but as long as the backing and batting beneath the quilt top is smooth, I'm not going to worry too much.... and the left side is straight - go figure!
below is the first row of blocks finished
the rest of the pics are close ups of what I did....
I have the second row all mapped out as to what design goes where... even got some of them stitched. Now that I know what goes where it should make it alot easier & quicker to finish the second row - hopefully tomorrow afternoon. Then, I'll map out the third row and try to work on it after hubby's dr. appointment on Tuesday ( he goes for second cataract procedure tomorrow & follow up the next day). I obviously won't meet my goal of having it done today, but MAYBE I'll have it done in time to take to guild meeting this week :).
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